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Daisy Foundation Recognizes Jhpiego Nurses

May 9, 2024 (Baltimore, MD) – Six nurses at Jhpiego were honored with The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses® this week in recognition of the compassionate care they provide to women and their families. Rosemary Njogu from Kenya, Elizabeth Kalunga from Zambia, Dora Lopez from Guatemala, Khotsofalang Komeke from Lesotho, Francois Biziyaremye from Rwanda, and

CODE BLUE: Emergency Lifesaving Care Teams in Kenya Respond

Posted on March 4, 2024 (April 24, 2024) by Katherine Seaton

Health workers in Kenya are using a new approach to quickly identify acute illness and injuries and offer emergency care.

A New Beginning

As a youngster in Kenya, Mary Wambua was different. Children stayed away from her. “When my friends were going to school and playing together—I was on my own. They said I smelled and didn’t want to get close to me,” says Mary Wambua, 48. Mary had a fistula—an abnormal passage between the bladder and vagina

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